Fishhook



July 20, 1937.: G. K. WOODRING 2,087,369

FISHHOOK Filed April 25,1936

GfliWa 0J1" iny Patented July 20, 1937 UNITE STATS PAENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to fishing devices and more particularly to an improved type of fish hook, which is so constructed as to firmly hold bait thereupon.

An object of this invention is to provide in combination with a fish hook a bait holding means in the form of a relatively small hook which may be adjusted longitudinally of the main hook so that bait may be held in proper position on the main hook.

Another object of this invention is to provide in a fishing device of this kind an adjustable bait tensioning and holding means which is adjustably carried by the main hook and which will place the bait, where a relatively large bait is used, under tension in order that a fish cannot loosen the bait from the main hook without being caught on the barb of the main hook.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described in, and in part be understood from the following detail description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of a fish hook having a bait tensioning means mounted thereon which is constructed in accordance with an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a detail side elevation of the device showing the manner in which the bait, shown in dotted lines, is tensioned on the device.

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawing, wherein like symbols designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral I0 designates generally a fish hook having a shank I I provided with an eye I3 at one end and a barb I2 at the opposite end. This fish hook I0 may be of any suitable size and the shank II is of suitable length and is provided with a square portion I4 for a considerable portion of the length thereof. A bait tensioning or supplemental hook I5 is carried by the main hook ID and comprises a shank I6 having a barb ii at one end thereof. The shank I6 is provided with a sleeve I8 at the upper end which is square in transverse section and is slidable on the square shank portion I4.

The shank portion I4 along the rear side thereof is provided with a longitudinally extending groove I9 and this shank portion I4 also has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart notches 20 in which the bill 2! of a spring pressed locking member 22 engages. A knob or handle 23 is secured to the locking member 22 so as to facilitate the withdrawal of the bill 2| from a selected notch. This locking member 22 is secured by fastening devices 24 in the form of 5 rivets or the like to the rear side of the sleeve I8. a These notches 20 are so formed within the groove l9 so that the locking member 22 may be readily moved in a direction toward the eye I3 but the locking member 22 will engage in a notch 20 10 upon movement of the supplemental hook I5 and the sleeve H8 in a direction toward the barb I2.

In the use of this fishing device, the eye I3 may have the usual fish line secured thereto and the bait B may have one portion thereof secured to 15 the barb I2, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, and another portion of this bait may be hooked on to the barb H of the bait tensioning or supplemental hook I5. When the bait B is secured to the hook I5, this hook may be moved upwardly 20 or in the direction of the eye I3 until the proper tension is had on the bait B and by reason of the locking member 22 and the notches 2B, the hook I5 will be releasably held against movement downwardly or in the direction of the barb I2. 25 The locking member 22 may be readily released from a selected notch 20 and moved downwardly toward the barb I2 by pulling the knob 23 outwardly so as to withdraw the bill 2| from the notched portion of the shank I4 and in this posi- 30 tion the hook I5 can be easily moved to the: desired position.

The square shank I4 of the main hook will maintain the bait tensioning or supplemental hook I5 against turning movement on the main 35 hook In sothat the hook I5 will, at all times, be disposed on the front side of the main hook and the locking means 22 will not be placed under any twisting strain when the bait B is being grasped by a fish or the like.

I claim:--

1. A fishing device comprising a hook provided with a shank, a barb at one end of the shank, an eye at the other end of the shank, a second hook relatively smaller than said first hook provided 45 with a shank, a barb at one end of the second shank, a sleeve at the other end of the second shank slidable on the first shank, said first shank and said sleeve being so shaped as to hold the sleeve against rotation relative to said first shank, and releasable locking means carried by said sleeve for holding the barb of the second hook in a predetermined position relative to the barb of the first hook.

2. A fishing device comprising a main hook 2 r V r 2,087,369

, and coacting means carried by the main hook and 5 the bait tensioning hook for releasably locking the bait tensioning hook against movement in one direction.

3. A fishing device comprising a main hook provided with a square shank portion, a bait ten- 10 sio-ning hook, a square sleeve fixedly secured to the bait tensioning hook and slidably engaging the square shank portion of the main hook, said square shank portion having a plurality of ioncarried by the bait tensioning hook and engageable in a selected notch whereby to hold the bait tensioning hook against longitudinal movement in at least one direction.

4. A fishing device comprising a main hook provided with a square shank, a bait tensioning hook, a square sleeve secured to the shank of the bait tensioning hook and slidably engaging the square shank of the main hook, said square shank being provided in one side thereof with a longitu dinally extending groove, said shank also being provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart notches within the groove, and a spring pressed locking member carried by the sleeve and engageable in a selected notch to releasably hold thebait tensioning hook against movement on the shank of the main hook.

GLEN K. WOODRING. 

